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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, August the 27th. Here are the
00:10top stories at this hour.
00:12The drumbeat toward US and Allied retaliation against Syria seems to be getting louder.
00:17US Secretary of State John Kerry last night accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime
00:22of engaging in a cover-up following a chemical weapons attack that killed more than a thousand
00:26Syrians last week. The US, UK, France and Germany, along with Turkey, have agreed that
00:32a strike is warranted without consensus of the UN Security Council.
00:36The Indian Parliament has passed a flagship $18 billion program to provide subsidized
00:42food to the poor that is intended to wipe out hunger and malnutrition. The food security
00:47bill was adopted in the lower house after a nine-hour debate last night. The draft law
00:52will provide food grains to nearly 70% of the population for as little as one rupee
00:57per kilogram.
00:58In sport, this season's first big game of English Premiership between Manchester United
01:02and Chelsea ended in a goalless draw at Old Trafford last night. Meanwhile, host UAE have
01:08been drawn in Group A alongside Brazil, Honduras and Slovakia in the U-17 FIFA World Cup. The
01:15draw ceremony was conducted in Abu Dhabi last night.
01:18It's a good opportunity for UAE to play with Brazil and to gain this experience. And I
01:25think sometimes when you have a strong team in the same group, it is good for the group.
01:31Usually two teams qualify for the second round. And I think it's a good opportunity.
01:36Entertainment and pop diva Madonna has been named the world's top-earning celebrity by
01:41Forbes. The singer's fortune was estimated at $125 million in the past year. Director
01:47Steven Spielberg was a distant second with earnings of $100 million. The world may have
01:52suffered a collective heart attack after Miley Cyrus' much-criticized performance at the
01:57MTV Video Music Awards, but it was good for the ratings. Viewership for the annual show
02:01crossed the 10 million mark in the US, up 66% from last year. The former Hannah Montana's
02:07provocative dance also generated a record 306,000 tweets per minute. And finally, the
02:14weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 at night.
02:20That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news at
02:24gulfnews.com.